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PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 3RD MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, only son of William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne KG PC, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and his second wife Lady Louisa Fitzpatrick, sister of John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (I) (qv); grandson of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (qv); b. 2 Jul 1780; at school 1789; up Clapham’s; in school list 1795; still at school 1796; Edinburgh Univ.; Trinity Coll. Oxford, adm. nob. 26 Oct 1798; MA 1801; Hon. LLD 1811; styled Lord Henry Petty to 1809; MP Calne 1802 – Jan 1806, Cambridge Univ. 7 Feb 1806-7, Camelford 1807 – 15 Nov 1809; took Whig whip in House of Commons; Chancellor of the Exchequer 10 Feb 1806 – 31 Mar 1807; Privy Councillor 5 Feb 1806; succeeded half-brother as 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne 15 Nov 1809, and cousin as Earl of Kerry (I) 4 Jul 1818; an active member of the Whig opposition in the House of Lords 1809-27, acting as its de facto leader 1823-7; supported the abolition of the slave trade and the removal of Roman Catholic and Jewish disabilities; led the main body of the Whig Party into coalition in Apr 1827 with the liberal wing of the Tory Party, headed by George Canning, serving in Canning’s cabinet as Minister without Portfolio Apr – Jul 1827 and as Secretary of State for Home Affairs in Canning and Goderich administrations 16 Jul 1827 – Jan 1828; Lord President of the Council in Whig administrations 22 Nov 1830 – Nov 1834, 18 Apr 1835 – Sep 1841 and 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; led Whig peers in House of Lords 1843-55; declined to form government on Lord Derby’s resignation Dec 1852; member of cabinet in Aberdeen and Palmerston administrations Dec 1852 – Feb 1858, without holding any official position; refused offer of a dukedom Sep 1857; Lord Lieut., Wiltshire, from 23 Nov 1827; one of original members of Judicial Committee of Privy Council 14 Aug 1833; KG 5 Feb 1836; FRS 4 Apr 1811; member, Society of Dilettanti 1815; Busby Trustee 18 May 1813; a man of wide social influence and moderate political views; m. 30 Mar 1808 Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, sister of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); d. 31 Jan 1863, from the effects of a fall. Memorial bust, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

PEIRSE, RICHARD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Richard William Peirse, Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Fawcett, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; b. 28 Jun 1781; adm. 22 Sep 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; of Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks. (sold by him 1817); m. 29 Aug 1803 Maria, dau. of Rev. Richard Clarke, Bedale, Yorks.; d. 18 Dec 1844. [Whitmore, thus, although it is not clear quite why he was confident that the individual at school 1795-7 had these Christian names]

PECHELL, THOMAS BROOKE, eldest son of Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, Bart. (qv); b. Jul 1784; adm. 23 Jan 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left 1797; d. 25 Aug 1799.

PARKER, CHARLES ROBERT; b.; adm. 2 Oct 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797; left Lady Day 1800; apparently the individual described as “Charles Parker the Page” in memoranda of John Smith (qv), and therefore the Charles Parker who was a Page of Honour to George III 30 Jul 1794 – vacated by 8 Mar 1800; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 8 Mar 1800 (in Army List as Charles Parker, no second Christian name given); Lieut. and Capt., 27 Jan 1803; retd. 24 Dec 1806. [Perhaps Charles Robert Parker, son of John Parker MP, Browsholme, Yorks., and Beatrix, dau. of Thomas Lister (adm. 1736, qv); bapt. Giggleswick, Yorks. 1 Nov 1785 (IGI)]

NORTH, FRANCIS FREDERICK, elder son of Fountain North, Rougham, Norfolk, and Arabella, dau. of Isaac Strutt, Hampstead, Middlesex; b. 2 Jul 1778; adm. 7 Jun 1789 (Clapham); in school lists 1795. 1796; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Dec 1796; of Rougham, Norfolk; m. 5 Mar 1799 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Whitear, Rector of All Saints, Hastings, Sussex; d. 8 Oct 1821.

NORTH, CHARLES EDWARD, brother of Francis Frederick North (qv); b. 29 Oct 1780; adm. 9 Jun 1789 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left Mich. 1798; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 May 1798, aged 18; BA 1802; MA 1805; ordained deacon 6 Mar 1803, priest 23 Dec 1804 (both Winchester); Rector of Portland, Dorset 23 May 1811; Rector of Child Okeford, Dorset, from 3 Aug 1815; d. 16 Apr 1863.

NEWTON, NEWTON DICKENSON HAND, son of George Watson Hand (qv); b. 7 Dec 1778; adm. 6 Jul 1792 (Clapham); in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796 (as Hand, Christian name not stated); St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1802, aged 23; BA 1806; assumed additional surname of Newton 18 Apr 1806; ordained; Vicar of Bredwardine and Rector of Brobury, Herefs., from 18 May 1829; m. 24 Jul 1810 Julia Wyatt (IGI); d. 22 Nov 1853.

MURRAY, JAMES PATRICK, only son of Gen. Hon. James Murray, Governor of Quebec, and his second wife Anne, dau. of Abraham Witham, Consul-Gen., Minorca; b. 21 Jan 1782; adm. 7 Jul 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Bartholomewtide 1797; Ensign, 44th Foot 1 Nov 1797; Lieut., 15 Mar 1798; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 9th Foot 26 Dec 1799; 66th Foot 9 Jul 1803; Maj., 9 Feb 1804; Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1809; 5th Garrison Bn., 2 Nov 1809; half-pay 6 Feb 1815; Brevet Col., 12 Aug 1819; Major-Gen., 22 Jul 1830; served in Netherlands and at the passage of the river Douro in Portugal; CB 8 Dec 1815; MP Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1802 – Feb 1803; m. 31 Jan 1803 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Rushworth MP, Freshwater House, isle of Wight; d. 5 Dec 1834.

MURRAY, DAVID RODNEY, eldest son of Hon. David Murray MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Right Hon. Thomas Harley (qv); b. 12 Apr 1791; adm. 1801 (Clapham); in school list 1801; left 1806; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810; BA 1813; MA 1816; Serjeant of Arms to Treasury 10 Aug 1810 to abolition of office 27 Jan 1832; ordained deacon (Salisbury, lit. dim. from Winchester) Dec 1816, priest (Hereford, lit. dim. From Winchester) Dec 1818; Rector of Brampton Bryan, Herefs., from 30 Jun 1826; Vicar of Beedon, Berks., 1828-74; Rector of Cusop, Herefs., from 25 Feb 1835; DL JP Radnorshire, JP Herefordshire; m. 4 Dec 1828 Frances, dau. of John Portal, Freefolk and Laverstoke, Hampshire; d. 4 Nov 1878.

MONEY, ---; b.; adm. 1799 (Clapham).